Asking Questions • In Spanish, when you ask a question with an interrogative word you put the verb before the subject. • Verb Subject
Asking Questions • ¿Qué habla Elena en el restaurante? • What does Elena talk in the restaurant? • ¿Adónde llegan Uds. después de las clases? • Where do you all arrive after classes?
Asking Questions • ¿Por qué estudia Ignacio a la playa todos los días? • Why does Ignacio study to the beach everyday? Notice how “does” and “do” are italicized…? It is because the questions marks insinuate the words “do” or “does”
Asking Questions • You have already used several interrogative words. Notice that all interrogative words have a written accent mark.
Asking Questions • For simple questions that can be answered by sí or no, you can indicate with your voice that you’re asking a question:
Asking Questions • ¿Ana estudia en la biblioteca? • ¿Estudia Ana en la biblioteca? • Ana estudia en la biblioteca, ¿verdad?